Process of forming ornamental blocks.



E. C. EYL. PROCESS OF FORMING ORNAMENTAL BLOCKS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26, 1912.

Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

WfT/VESSES Aflorney THE NC RRIS PETERS C0, PHOTO-LITHO. WASHINGTON, D C.

EMIL C. EYL, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

PROCESS OF FORMING ORNAMENTAL BLOCKS.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EMIL C. EYL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Processes of Forming Ornamental Blocks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a new and useful process to be used in forming ornamental blocks.

The object of my invention is to provide forms whereby ornamental sections may be formed of desired color and material and afterward incorporating said sections in the face of a block, and a further object of my invention is to provide a block having sections of material arranged in ornamental design in the face thereof, which can be polished to a plain surface and be used for building purposes, tiling, etc.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will be hereinafter made clearly apparent in the specifications and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown the preferred forms which my invention may take.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the manner of forming the ornamental device adapted to be used in forming a block, and Fig. 2 is a sectional view through a block formed in accordance with my invention. Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 1s a forming tray, which may be square or of any other desired form and of the requisite depth. In forming an ornamental block I employ forms 2, which may be of any desired shape and of minimum height.

The forms 2 are preferably made from narrow strips of tin, or other suitable material, which are bent or otherwise fashioned into desired outlines. In forming an ornamental block any desired number of forms 2 of the desired size and shape may be employed.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatented Apr. 2?, 1915.

Application filed. May 28,. 1912. Serial No. 700,280.

The forms 2 may be arranged upon the surface of the tray 1 or upon any smooth surface so as to produce in plan the desired design and said forms 2 are then filled with plastic material.

It will be understood that the plastic material has been prepared from ingredients of good quality, which have been tinted to the desired degree so that ornamental sections 3 of desired form and color will be secured.

1 After the plastic material forming the sections 3 has been allowed to dry for from five to six days, forms 2 may be easily removed from the sections of the desired pattern. It is to be understood that the front face of the sections is smooth and the edges thereof are sharp from this molding upon the tray after the molds 2 have been removed from the sections and a plastic material, colored to the desired tint desired for the filling or body of the block, and of a consistency to flow easily over the sections 3, is then poured thereover and by slightly jarring or tapping the tray the sections 3 will be thoroughly incorporated in the body of the block.

fter the plastic material forming the body of the block has been allowed to dry for an hour or so the same is backed up with a cheap grade of good cement and sand to give the block the necessary thickness and strength. The tray is then set aside until the block is thoroughly hardened. Any desired number of these blocks may be formed in the manner just described.

After the blocks have hardened the trays are inverted so that the blocks may be readily removed therefrom. If the blocks have been made from concrete or cement the surface thereof may be ground down until the color outline of the design shows in all its beauty, whereupon it is ready for its place in the building, etc. for which it was made. If the face of the block and the sections 3 therein have been made of a plaster cement, such as Keenes cement or any finely powdered material, then after grinding down until the color outline of the design shows, the surface may be finished and polished in a manner similar to marble.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I am enabled to form a block having a background of good material and in which is incorporated an ornamental design of different colored material and backed up by a Very cheap material, as indicated at 5 in Fig. 2.

It will also be seen that by employing my process it will be possible to form a plate as above described, which may be backed up by forming thereupon any desired suitable building block structure and when the same is hardened, placing the same directly in the wall of a building so that theornamental face thereof will be outwardly directed.

By this construction a building of cheap and ornamental design may be readily con- -structed.

I also desire it to be understood that the blocks may be formed as above described and attached to the walls of buildings already constructed by -the well known methods used for attaching marble slabs, "terra cotta plates and the like and :thus produce an exterior to the building of :great artistic beauty. V

I-also desire it to be understood that the building blocks .made in accordance with my invention may be used as ornamental desired shape and unitedground blocks slabs for floors, Stairways, wainscoting, etc.

What I claim as new is: v

The =meth'od of forming an ornamental block comprising; the molding and hardening of a plurality of concrete blocks of a a desired color, grinding the surfaces and edges of each block corridor walls,

so that the surfaces might be smooth and the edges sharp, to a desired pattern, tweenand around and uniting said ground blocks with cement placing the ground blocks filling the spaces becolored to the desired tint, uniting a "backingof cement to said then regrinding the faces of *said' ground blocks and :grinding the said i filling cement until the color and sharp edges first mentioned areclearlybrought forthto their full beauty.

In testimony whereof I havesigned'my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses: 7

B. CPMCELHANY. F. E. DRAKE.

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